UK Green Building Council tackled a tough teambuilding challenge as part of their event at Sheepdrove Eco Conference Centre.
Their challenge: create new habitat for the rare Small Blue butterfly – using chalk! Jason Ball, who devised and led the task, explained the ecology of the butterfly, which set the parameters of what the team had to achieve… in one morning session! Small Blue is one of the vulnerable wild species we wish to help here at the farm, and the UKGBC team successfully established our first major habitat area for them.
Jason said, “They funtioned very well as a team. This challenge was unfamiliar and rather difficult – but everyone pulled together, learned from each other and co-operated cleverly on all the problems they had to solve.”
“We are very grateful for to the UK Green Building Council for their hard work, and they can be proud of what they achieved.”
A fabulous place
Paul King, Chief Executive, was very keen to book their two-day team conference at the venue – which has won awards for sustainable design and management.
Paul told us, “I’ve wanted to come to Sheepdrove for some years, particularly having co-written the Little Book of One Planet Living while at WWF-UK, which featured your reedbed system.”
“It’s great to finally be here. It’s a fabulous place!”
Pay As You Save
On the same day they had a major piece of press coverage in The Guardian. UKGBC launched their Pay As You Save report, which promotes a new incentive scheme idea for property refurbishment. John Alker, Head of Advocacy, had to take calls from the media at the same time as the nature conservation work! UKGBC website…
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Be sure to ask us about extra activities when you call to book Sheepdrove Eco Conference Centre. Our friendly staff are more than happy to talk about the array of possibilities!
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